Astronaut List
API endpoint that allows Astronaut to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing astronauts.
MODE: Normal, List, LaunchList and Detailed /2.0.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.0.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.0.0/astronaut/?format=api&offset=580&ordering=-status
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In October 2003, Duque visited the International Space Station on board of a Soyuz TMA Ship for several days during a crew changeover. The scientific program of this visit was called by ESA/Spain Misión Cervantes.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Duque", "agency": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "featured": false, "type": "Multinational", "country_code": "FRA,ITA,DEU,ESP,CHE,GBR,AUT,SWE,BEL,PRT,NLD,HUN,POL,DNK,CZE,ROU,NOR,FIN,GRC,EST,IRL,LUX,SVN", "abbrev": "ESA", "description": "The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. 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She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanker Exxon Houston off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha.\r\n\r\nStefanyshyn-Piper has received numerous honors and awards, such as the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, and two Navy Achievement Medals. She has flown on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-115 and STS-126, during which she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes. 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Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a United States Navy officer, and trained as a F/A-18 fighter pilot. Stationed aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, he flew combat missions during the Gulf War and then earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994.\r\n\r\nFrick was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and was trained as a Space Shuttle pilot. He piloted mission STS-110, a docking mission with the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nIn July 2006, Frick was assigned to command the crew of STS-122. The 12-day mission delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. The mission launched February 7, 2008, and touched down February 20, 2008. NASA announced his retirement in July 2015.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Frick", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. 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His first flight, Soyuz T-10, took off on 8 February 1984, to join Salyut 7. The crew spent ten months (nearly 237 days) performing numerous medical and space manufacturing experiments. They came down aboard Soyuz T-11 on 2 October 1984. Solovyov's second flight was aboard Soyuz T-15, taking off on 13 March 1986 and coming back aboard the same craft on 16 July 1986, 125 days later. During the T-15 mission, the crew transferred equipment from Salyut-7 to the new Mir space station; they were the last aboard the former and the first aboard the latter.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Solovyov_(cosmonaut)", "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520solovyov_image_20181201221452.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190337.jpeg", "last_flight": "1986-03-13T12:33:09Z", "first_flight": "1984-02-08T12:07:26Z" }, { "id": 424, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/424/?format=api", "name": "William G. Gregory", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1957-05-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "William George \"Borneo\" Gregory is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Gregory", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "administrator": "Administrator: Jared Isaacman", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/william2520g.2520gregory_image_20181202142148.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185648.jpeg", "last_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "first_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z" }, { "id": 541, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/541/?format=api", "name": "Kevin A. Ford", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1960-07-07", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ford has also logged more than 5,000 flying hours and also holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes, helicopters and gliders. Ford has served in many roles at NASA since his selection in July 2000. The roles include as a Capsule Communicator or CAPCOM. He was also the Director Of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia from January 2004 to January 2005. He was pilot of STS-128 and Flight Engineer 2 of Soyuz TMA-06M from October 23, 2012 to March 16, 2013.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/kevin_astro7", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_A._Ford", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. 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He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission Treshchov also conducted a spacewalk.\r\nIn 1992, he enrolled in the RSC Energia cosmonaut detachment, and from 1992 to 1994 he completed the basic Cosmonaut training course. Treshchov spent the next 3 years (1994 to 1996) in advanced Test Cosmonaut training.\r\nFrom June 1997 to February 1998, Treshchov trained as a flight engineer for the Mir station backup Exp-25 crew. From June 1999 to July 2000 he trained as a flight engineer for the Soyuz-TM backup ISS contingency crew. Initially, he trained as backup to the ISS Expedition 3 crew.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Treshchov", "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. 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He became the second astronaut, and first from the U.S., who had a parent that was also a space traveler.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/RichardGarriott", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott", "agency": null, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard2520garriott_image_20190211162327.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185831.jpeg", "last_flight": "2008-10-12T07:01:33Z", "first_flight": "2008-10-12T07:01:33Z" }, { "id": 519, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/519/?format=api", "name": "Gregory H. Johnson", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1962-05-12", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Gregory Harold \"Box\" Johnson is a retired NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the International Space Station. Johnson was also assigned as the pilot to the STS-134 mission, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. Greg Johnson has also served in numerous roles for NASA including as a Capcom for several missions. At present time Gregory H. Johnson (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Box", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/gregastro_box/", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_H._Johnson", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. 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These include some of Northrop Grumman's largest and most important programs such as NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) initiatives to the International Space Station (ISS) as well as various national security-related programs.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_L._Culbertson_Jr.", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. 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